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Spin physics at COMPASS: present and future

Spin physics at COMPASS: present and future. Gerhard K. Mallot CERN/PH On behalf of the COMPASS Collaboration. Enrico Fermi School (Course CLXXX), Varenna , 28 June - 11 July, 2011. Plan. COMPASS I Goals Experiment Results Helicity distributions Gluon polarization Transverse spin

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Spin physics at COMPASS: present and future

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  1. Spin physics at COMPASS: present and future Gerhard K. Mallot CERN/PH On behalf of the COMPASS Collaboration Varenna, July 2011 Enrico Fermi School (Course CLXXX), Varenna, 28 June - 11 July, 2011

  2. Plan • COMPASS I • Goals • Experiment • Results • Helicity distributions • Gluon polarization • Transverse spin • TMDs • COMPASS II • Drell-Yan • DVCS/GPDs • Outlook Varenna, July 2011

  3. Global effort: Pol. DIS/pp • A worldwide effort since decades E80 E130 E142/3 E154/5 EMC SMC COMPASS I HERMES CLAS/HALL-A Phenix/Star Varenna, July 2011

  4. Laboratories SLAC CERN 49 GeV e– 160/280 GeV µ+ DESY RHIC JLab 27 GeV e± 6 GeV e – 250+250 GeV pp Varenna, July 2011

  5. COMPASS@CERN LHC COMPASS SPS

  6. COMPASS I: Goals • Founded 1996, approved 1998, first data 2002 • Goals of the semi-inclusive measurements • Helicity distributions • Gluon polarization • Transversity PDF • Meson and baryon spectroscopy , πpolarizability(not discussed here) Varenna, July 2011

  7. Experiment: Spectrometer 60m long Hodoscopes E/HCAL2 E/HCAL1 SM2 RICH1 Muon Wall 2, MWPC SM1 Polarised Target MWPC, Gems, Scifi, W45 Muon Wall 1 Straws, Gems 160/200 GeV μ beam Micromegas, DC, Scifi Scifi, Silicon Varenna, July 2011

  8. CERN muon beam 100−200 GeV/c Eπ=180 GeV Varenna, July 2011

  9. Polarized target system solenoid 2.5T dipole magnet 0.6T acceptance ± 180 mrad 3He – 4He dilution refrigerator (T~50mK) 6LiD/NH3 (d/p) 50/90% pol. 40/16% dil. factor μ Recontructed interaction vertices Varenna, July 2011

  10. Polarized target The coldest place @ CERN: 60mK, 1/30 of LHC magnets temperature Varenna, July 2011

  11. Polarized target installation Varenna, July 2011

  12. Polarized target performance Polarization of 6LiD in 2006 +53.5% -52.0% +56.1% days Varenna, July 2011

  13. Tracking example: GEMs Gaseous Electron Multiplier Gem foil Varenna, July 2011

  14. GEMs • 20 triple Gems detectors • in 10 stations • 40 coordinates • size 3030 cm2 • 12 ns time resolution • 50 μm space resolution • efficiency ≈97 % • Ar/CO2 70/30 % -4100 V 0V Varenna, July 2011

  15. Particle identification: RICH • 80 m3 (3 m C4F10 radiator) • 116 UV mirrors • 5.3 m2UV detectors • MWPC CsI photo-sensitive cathodes • 88 mm2pads • 84k analog r/o channels • 2006: inner quarter with maPMTs Varenna, July 2011

  16. RICH • π/K separation up to 60 GeV/c • Large angular acceptance Varenna, July 2011

  17. RICH Varenna, July 2011

  18. Results: Data taking • Data taking: • 2002–2004: polarized deuteron target (6LiD),longitudinal & transverse polarization • 2005: CERN shutdown • 2006: polarized deuteron target (6LiD), long. • 2007: polarized proton target (NH3),longitudinal & transverse polarization • 2008-2009: spectroscopy • 2010: polarized proton target (NH3) , transv. • 2011: polarized proton target (NH3) , long. Varenna, July 2011

  19. Results: helicity structure Varenna, July 2011

  20. X-sect. asymmetries • Inclusive scattering • Semi-inclusive scattering Varenna, July 2011

  21. Proton A1 asymmetries incl. & semi-incl. asymmetries for identified π’s and K’s incl. π+ K + π– K− PLB 693 (2010) 227 Varenna, July 2011

  22. Deuteron A1 asymmetries Inclusive & semi-inclusive asymmetries for identified π’s and K’s incl. π+ K + π– K− PLB 680 (2009) 217–224 Varenna, July 2011

  23. F2(x,Q2) g1(x,Q2) p Varenna, July 2011

  24. Structure function g1(x,Q2) p • very precise data • only COMPASS for x < 0.01 (Q2 > 1) • deuteron data: • ΔΣ= 0.33±0.03±0.05 • Δs+Δs =−0.08±0.01±0.02 • (ΔΣ = a0, evol. to Q2=∞) d Varenna, July 2011

  25. Bjorken sum rule PLB 690 (2010) 466 from neutron β decay Varenna, July 2011

  26. Flavour distributions: Ds = Ds ? LO analysis of 5p+5d asymmetries, DSS FF 6 flavours: u, d, s, u, d, s No significant difference! Go on assuming Ds = Ds PLB693 (2010) 227 Varenna, July 2011

  27. Flavour distributions LO analysis of 5p+5d asymmetries, DSS FF Line: NLO DSSV not including these data PLB693 (2010) 227 PRD80 (2009)034030 5-flavour fit, assuming Δs = Δs Varenna, July 2011

  28. Flavour asymmetry? PLB693 (2010) 227 • Rather small effect, Δu > Δd Varenna, July 2011

  29. Truncated first moments Δs small, compatible with zero Varenna, July 2011

  30. Inclusive data favourΔs < 0 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 295 012054 • Inclusive data only Δs ≈ −0.08± 0.01 • Semi-inclusive point to Δs ≈ 0 • Shape of Δs(x) at small x unknown • Δs determination crucially depends on the fragm. functions used: DSS, DNS, HKNS, EMC, … Varenna, July 2011

  31. Strange quark FFs DSS: PRD75(2007) EMC:NPB321 (1989) DSS FF EMC FF PLB 693 (2010) 227 • Measurements of K and π multiplicities are mandatory! Varenna, July 2011

  32. Multiplicities for K’s and π’s LO: π– π+ Unpolarised data For the z bins: 0.20 − 0.30 0.30 − 0.45 0.45 − 0.65 0.65 − 0.85 Lines: MRST04 PDF + DSS FF (LO) K + K− Varenna, July 2011

  33. K multiplicities, closer look • π multiplicities ± in agreement with LO calc. • Big deviations for K’s  consequences for FF! • Data to be in-cluded in globalanalyses • Only 4 weeks ofdata, more to come Same bins as prev. page Varenna, July 2011

  34. Gluon polarization EMC result 1987/88: quark spins contribute little to nucleon spin! ΔΣ compatible with zero Quark spin hidden by large gluon polarization via axial anomaly? Varenna, July 2011 small unknown poorly knowncertainly not 6

  35. Lepton-Photon Conf. 1989 G. Ross 1989 possible scenario: ∆G ≈ 6 (Q2=10 GeV2) ∆g/g(x) = 1 for xg > 0.1 Let’s measure! Varenna, July 2011

  36. Photon–gluon fusion (PGF) Gluon polarization is measurable in PGF • measure • calculate andusing Monte Carlo Varenna, July 2011

  37. Hadron production • Analysis of hadron-pair asymmetries: • open charm: single D mesonAROMA cleanest process wrt physics background • high-pThadron pairs with Q2 > 1 GeV2LEPTO • high-pThadron pairs with Q2 < 1 GeV2PYTHIA • Single hadron production Q2 < 0.1 GeV2 NLO, Vogelsang et al. D0 → K π D0 → K ππ0 Varenna, July 2011

  38. Results for Δg • All results compatible with zero! • Confirmed by RHIC results in pp NLO Varenna, July 2011

  39. Single hadron production • Calculations exist in NLO for small Q2 large pTVogelsang et al. • Theory applicable at COMPASS? YES! Preferred scale μ=pT/2 • Next steps: asymmetries, inclusion into global analyses of Δg • Much more data on tape Varenna, July 2011

  40. Results: transverse spin structure Varenna, July 2011

  41. TMD parton distributions • 8 intrinsic-transverse-momentum dependent PDFs at LO • Azimuthal asymmetries with different angular modulations in the hadron and spin azimuthal angles, Φh and Φs aka Sivers Transversity Boer– Mulders Varenna, July 2011

  42. Transversity PDF h1 • Couple h1 PDF to chiral-odd Collins FF Azimuthal cross-section asymmetry: Varenna, July 2011

  43. Collins Asymmetries • large asymmetry for proton ~10% • zero deuteron result important  opposite sign of u and d proton h+ h− deuteron h+ h− Varenna, July 2011

  44. Collins proton: identified hadrons π positive negative x z PT K Varenna, July 2011

  45. Collins: Comparison to Hermes • Good agreement Varenna, July 2011

  46. Global Fit • Fit to COMPASS d, HERMES, BELLE (Collins FF, e+e-) • in good agreement with new proton data Varenna, July 2011

  47. Transversity PDF h1 via 2-hadron • Alternative: couple h1 to chiral-odd 2-hadron interference FF cross-section asymmetry: Varenna, July 2011

  48. two-hadron asymmetry • large asymmetries • interference FF and transversity sizable Varenna, July 2011

  49. Comparison to a recent Fit • Recent fit (dominated by HERMES, COMPASS p not yet in) Varenna, July 2011

  50. Sivers function • Sivers Asymmetry: • proposed (1990, Sivers) • thought to vanish (1993, Collins) • resurrected (2002, Brodsky, Hwang, Schmitt) • different sign in DY and SIDIS Varenna, July 2011

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